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Hewitt 1927
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Records of the Albany Museum, 3(5): 412413; Pl. XXIV,
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Current name:
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(Hewitt, 1927)
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A2513 (formerly
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5227); The summit of Mont-aux-Sources (
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.),
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; R. Essex,
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.
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<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFF26FD61FE56FD75" box="[199,442,716,741]" italics="true" pageId="13">Additional specimens</emphasis>
: (a)
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A2514 (formerly
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5228); Foot of Nemahadi Pass,
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; R. Essex,
<date id="D2641037EF07FFBAFF76FD5DFEDFFC99" box="[151,307,751,776]" pageId="13" value="1926-01">January 1926</date>
. (b)
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A2515 (formerly
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4972); Nemahadi Police Camp, Mont-aux-Sources,
<collectingCountry id="DECD7667EF07FFBAFAFFFD42FA90FC99" box="[1310,1404,751,776]" name="Lesotho" pageId="13">Lesotho</collectingCountry>
; J. Cottrell,
<date id="D2641037EF07FFBAFF1BFCB9FE4DFCBC" box="[250,417,788,813]" pageId="13" value="1925-02">February 1925</date>
.
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<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFF26FC95FED7FCC1" bold="true" box="[199,315,824,848]" pageId="13">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFEA5FC9AFE10FCC1" author="Lambiris" box="[324,508,823,848]" pageId="13" refString="Lambiris, A. J. L. (1988) A review of the Amphibians of Natal. Lammergeyer, 39, 1 - 210." type="journal article" year="1988">Lambiris (1988)</bibRefCitation>
noted the
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to be in the PEM.
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incorrectly and redundantly designated PEM A2513 as the
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, considering the Nemahadi Pass (AMG 5228) and Nemahadi Police Station (AMG 4972) specimens to form part of the
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series (
<typeStatus id="79618855EF07FFBAFC29FCD2FB9DFC09" box="[968,1137,895,920]" pageId="13" type="paralectotype">paralectotypes</typeStatus>
). However, Hewitt (1927) specifically referred to a single specimen as the Type, and the two other specimens from Nemahadi Pass and Nemahadi Police Station discussed in the
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description constitute only additional material. The
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is intact, but in very poor condition. The two additional specimens have mid-ventral incisions and are also in very poor condition. Full body X-rays exist for all material.
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFD18FBA2FC26FBB9" author="FitzSimons" box="[761,970,1039,1064]" pageId="13" refString="FitzSimons, V. F. M. (1948) Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from the Drakensberg, together with a description of a new Platysaurus from northern Natal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 21, 73 - 80." type="journal article" year="1948">FitzSimons (1948)</bibRefCitation>
treated this species as a full species (
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<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFA86FBBDFEE8FBDC" italics="true" pageId="13">Bufo nubicolus</emphasis>
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), incorrectly amending the specific name (
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). This specific amendment was followed by
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFF76FBF5FEA2FBE1" author="Poynton" box="[151,334,1111,1136]" pageId="13" refString="Poynton, J. C. (1964) Amphibia of southern Africa: a faunal study. Annals of the Natal Museum, 17, 1 - 334." type="journal article" year="1964">Poynton (1964)</bibRefCitation>
, but who prefered to retain it as a subspecies, i.e.
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<taxonomicName id="61DA4D74EF07FFBAFC4EFBF4FB3EFBE1" box="[943,1234,1111,1136]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Vandijkophrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="gariepensis" subSpecies="nubicolus">B. gariepensis nubicolus</taxonomicName>
.
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This notion was followed by subsequent authors (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFDA1FBD1FD06FB05" author="Lambiris" box="[576,746,1148,1173]" pageId="13" refString="Lambiris, A. J. L. (1988) A review of the Amphibians of Natal. Lammergeyer, 39, 1 - 210." type="journal article" year="1988">Lambiris 1988</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFD1FFBD0FC26FB04" box="[766,970,1148,1173]" pageId="13" refString="Frost, D. R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R. H., Haas, A., Haddad, C. F. B., de Sa, R. O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S. C., Raxworthy, C. J., Campbell, J. A., Blotto, B. L., Moler, P. E., Drewes, R. C., Nussbaum, R. A., Lynch, J. D., Green, D. M. &amp; Wheeler, W. C. (2006) The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297, 1 - 370. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2006) 297 [0001: TATOL] 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article">
Frost
<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFCDEFBD0FC94FB04" box="[831,888,1148,1173]" italics="true" pageId="13">et al.</emphasis>
(2006)
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placed many large African bufonids in a new genus
<taxonomicName id="61DA4D74EF07FFBAFEF5FB32FE3CFB29" box="[276,464,1183,1208]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Vandijkophrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFEF5FB32FE3CFB29" box="[276,464,1183,1208]" italics="true" pageId="13">Vandijkophrynus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFDEDFB0DFCB1FB29" box="[524,861,1183,1208]" pageId="13" refString="Du Preez, L. H. &amp; Carruthers, V. C. (2009) A Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 488 pp." type="book">Du Preez &amp; Carruthers (2009)</bibRefCitation>
used the combination
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<taxonomicName id="61DA4D74EF07FFBAFBB9FB32FEEBFB4C" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Vandijkophrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="gariepensis" subSpecies="nubicolus">Vandijkophrynus gariepensis nubicolus</taxonomicName>
. However
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, Channing (2001) and
<bibRefCitation id="C24B4B06EF07FFBAFD9AFB68FCEBFB4D" author="Frost" box="[635,775,1220,1244]" pageId="13" refString="Frost, D. R. (2014) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6. 0 (24 April 2014). American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Electronic Database. Available from: http: // research. amnh. org / vz / herpetology / amphibia / (accessed 1 September 2014)" type="journal article" year="2014">Frost (2014)</bibRefCitation>
do not recognize subspecies within
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<taxonomicName id="61DA4D74EF07FFBAFB7EFB68FAD3FB4D" box="[1183,1343,1221,1244]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Vandijkophrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gariepensis">V. gariepensis</taxonomicName>
,
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and the status of
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<emphasis id="94AEEAE5EF07FFBAFF1DFB4AFE85FA91" box="[252,361,1255,1280]" italics="true" pageId="13">nubicolus</emphasis>
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remains unresolved.
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